A teenager was pulled unconscious from Metro tracks after being dragged off the platform by a train.

A teenager was pulled unconscious from Metro tracks after being dragged off the platform by a train.

The unnamed 17-year-old was lifted on to the platform at Hadrian Road station, Wallsend, last night where paramedics treated him at the scene before he was taken to North Tyneside General Hospital in North Shields.

Detectives at Wallsend, and the Metro unit police are trying to establish how the youth, who is from the Wallsend area, suffered the injuries.

They are looking at possible links with three broken windows on the train which may have led to the youth getting caught up and dragged off the platform shortly before 10.30pm.

The teenager's condition is being monitored in hospital today, but he is said to be stable.

"He was found on the tracks and was pulled on to Platform One where ambulance staff attended him.

"We know there were several witnesses in the area and we need to speak to anyone who can assist the inquiry.

"Officers will be talking to the train driver and other staff. We also want to hear from people in the area of Hadrian Lodge Hotel and the nearby housing estate as they may have been passing through the station earlier."

Transport officials at Nexus which runs the Metro confirmed today that a youth was dragged along a station platform by a train.

They also confirmed that the train windows had been smashed before the incident.

Passengers travelling back from Newcastle were hit as Metro services were suspended between Wallsend and North Shields for the rest of the evening, but the service is now operating fully.

The damaged train was taken out of service and scene-of- crime officers examined the scene.

A spokesman for the Northumbria Ambulance Service said: "Crews were called last night after a report of a teenager on the tracks.

"When paramedics arrived he had been pulled on to a platform and was severely bruised and unconscious."

The teenager's family have been informed and police are not releasing his identity at this stage.

It is not clear how far the victim was dragged along the platform before he fell on to the track.

Anyone who has information about the incident is asked to contact Northumbria police Metro unit or Wallsend CID on (0191) 214 6555.